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2 Kings 6:7

He said, "Pick it up." So his servant put out his hand and took it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Magic;   Miracle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Sons of the Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoram;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Samaria;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elisha ;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elisha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said, “Pick it up.” So he reached out and took it.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
King James Version
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
English Standard Version
And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
New Century Version
Elisha said, "Pick up the axhead." Then the man reached out and took it.
New English Translation
He said, "Lift it out." So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.
Amplified Bible
He said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out with his hand and took it.
New American Standard Bible
Then he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he saide, Take it vp to thee. And he stretched out his hand, and tooke it.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "Take it up for yourself." So he sent forth his hand and took it.
Contemporary English Version
"Now get it," Elisha told him. And the prophet reached in and grabbed it.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Lift it out," he said. So he put out his hand and took it.
Darby Translation
And he said, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand and took it.
Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha said, "So pick up the ax head." Then the man reached out and took the ax head.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand and took it.
Good News Translation
"Take it out," he ordered, and the man reached down and picked it up.
Lexham English Bible
Then he said, "Pick it up for yourself," so he stretched out his hand and took it.
Literal Translation
And he said, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand and took it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde: Take it vp. So he put forth his hande, and toke it.
American Standard Version
And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore sayde he: Take it vp. And he stretched out his hand, and toke it vp.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Take it up to thee.' So he put out his hand, and took it.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore said he, Take it vp to thee: And hee put out his hand, and tooke it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, Take it up to thyself. And he stretched out his hand, and took it.
English Revised Version
And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.
Berean Standard Bible
"Lift it out," he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Take thou. Which helde forth the hond, and took it.
Young's Literal Translation
and saith, `Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.
Update Bible Version
And he said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
World English Bible
He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
New King James Version
Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.
New Living Translation
"Grab it," Elisha said. And the man reached out and grabbed it.
New Revised Standard
He said, "Pick it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said - Take it up to thee. So he put forth his hand, and took it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Take it up. And he put out his hand, and took it.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
THE MESSAGE
"Grab it," he said. The man reached out and took it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said, "Take it up for yourself." So he put out his hand and took it.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the sons of the men who tell what will happen in the future said to Elisha, "See, the place where we are living under your care is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan and each of us cut down a tree there. And let us make a place for us to live there." So Elisha said, "Go." 3 Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And Elisha answered, "I will go." 4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5 But as one of them was cutting a tree, the ax head fell into the water. The man cried out, "It is bad, sir! The ax belongs to another man, and I was to return it." 6 The man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in, and the iron came to the top of the water. 7 He said, "Pick it up." So his servant put out his hand and took it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take it up: 2 Kings 4:7, 2 Kings 4:36, Luke 7:15, Acts 9:41

put out: Exodus 4:4

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When men became many in number on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. And they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not stay in man forever, for he is flesh. But yet he will live for 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
Very large men were on the earth in those days, and later also, when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, who gave birth to their children. These were the powerful men of long ago, men of much strength.
Genesis 6:20
Two of all the kinds of birds, and animals, and every thing that moves on the ground are to be with you to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did just what God told him to do.
Psalms 37:20
But the sinful will be lost forever. Those who hate the Lord will be like the beauty of the fields. They will be gone. Like smoke they will be gone.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord makes life longer, but the years of the sinful will be cut off.
Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made all things for His own plans, even the sinful for the day of trouble.
Hosea 4:3
The land is filled with sorrow. Everyone who lives on it wastes away, together with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky. Even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore said he, take it up to thee,.... This the prophet said to the man that had lost it:

and he put out his hand, and took it; it being on the top of the water within his reach.


 
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